Native Americans Exploring Global Health Disparities

描述(由申请者提供)：北亚利桑那大学(NAU)建议为美洲原住民学生和来自低收入或农村地区的学生提供短期国际研究培训经验。我们的长期目标是增强研究人员的多样性，并为了解美国(美国)的少数族裔健康或健康差距带来新的见解。以及全球范围内。经过适当的招聘工作，将为8至10名被选中的学生(75%为本科生，25%为毕业生)提供暑期体验，其中包括为期两周的研究培训课程和为期八周的国际研究实践。为期两周的研究培训课程将强调实验研究设计、分析和解释数据的程序、使用当前科学文献、分析方法以及负责任的研究行为。为期十周的研究经历，包括在一个国际网站的七周，旨在让美国原住民学生关注世界原住民之间的健康差距问题。因此，我们在新西兰有四个机会参与解决毛利人健康差距的研究，在帕劳有一个关于太平洋岛民健康问题的项目，反映了美洲原住民的健康差距，在印度尼西亚有一个网站，解决东南亚岛屿土著群体特有的健康问题。此外，我们在缅甸、马来西亚和菲律宾也有工厂。拟议的培训计划包括与健康差距有关的生物医学和行为研究原则。完成课程后，学员将全面了解进行研究的基本原则。拟议的培训将补充NAU正在进行的其他研究培训和职业发展计划，但由于其国际重点，它将是不同的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Northern Arizona University (NAU) proposes to offer short-term international research training experiences to Native American students and students from low-income or rural areas. Our long-term goal is to enhance diversity in the research workforce and bring new insight to understanding minority health or health disparities in the United States (U.S.) and globally. Following appropriate recruitment efforts, 8 to 10 selected students (75% undergraduate, 25% graduate) will be provided a summer experience that will include a two-week research training course and an eight-week international research practicum. The two-week research training course will emphasize experimental research design, procedures for analyzing and interpreting data, the use of current scientific literature, and analytic methods and the responsible conduct of research. The ten-week research experience, including seven weeks in an international site, has been designed to focus Native American students on issues of health disparities among the world's Indigenous populations. Therefore, we have four opportunities in New Zealand with exposure to research addressing health disparities among the Maori, a project in Palau regarding health issues of Pacific Islanders who mirror the disparities of Native Americans, and a site in Indonesia that addresses health issues specific to Indigenous groups in Island Southeast Asia. In addition, we have sites in Myanmar, Malaysia and the Philippines. The proposed training program includes principles of biomedical and behavioral research that are related to health disparities. Upon completing the program, the trainees will have a thorough exposure to the principles underlying research conduct. The proposed training will complement other ongoing research training and career-development programs at NAU, but it will be distinct due to its international focus.